"Let's take a trip back to Africa, before slavery. The year 1591 AD. This year had an effect on you; the same year Morocco invaded Timbuctu. The city fell & caused the fall of the Songhay Empire - even back then we was Kings with bling - we been fired. But there's more instability to Africa's West Coast. Slave traders came, filled their boats and left toast, and sailed across the Atlantic, where hundreds and millions of slaves died, centuries before the Titanic. Some went to America, others the Caribbean. Now you call me a Yankee and I call you West Indian. We all are African-descended, but most of us are ignorant to the experiments of Willie Lynch. He put the dark skinned slaves against the light skin, let 'em argue about who got 'good hair' and 'right skin'. Put the man against the woman and the young against the old; teach 'em capitalism and show 'em how to sell their soul. IT'S TRUE, THE BIBLE WAS MISUSED IN SLAVERY, BUT THAT SAME BIBLE WAS USED TO SET SLAVES FREE. Harriet Tubman - Christian; Frederick Douglass - Christian; many Blacks who fought in the Civil War were Christian. Let me help you UNDERSTAND RELIGION - THERE WERE CHRISTIANS IN AFRICA WAY BEFORE THE WHITE MAN'S RELIGION! ...
Fast forward 21st century - it's real. Mind your business in these streets - you still get killed. We spiritually blind so we can't see far. WE IDOLIZE SCARFACE AND BLASPHEME GOD. WE GLORIFY KILLING, BLACKS ILLING, CATS SPILLING, AS AMERICA MAKES MILLIONS OFF OF MISERY BLACKS FEELING. PSYCHOLOGICALLY DESTROYING THE PSYCHE OF BLACK CHILDREN - ALL WE GOT LEFT IS A NEXT GENERATION OF BLACK VILLIANS. The Church playing games as Lucifer snatch millions. These televangelists better actors than Matt Dillon. BLACK MEN, STOP ABANDONING WOMEN & BLACK CHILDREN. THERE'S A HOLE IN OUR SOUL ONLY CHRIST CAN FILL THAT LACK FILLING. But, nobody's feeling my song - coz ALL MY BROTHERS REALLY WANT IS MONEY AND A THICK CHICK WITH A THONG, HOUSE AND A CAR, MAD WEED, A SPLIFF AND A BONG, LIVE LIKE A DON, ICE AROUND YOUR WRIST AND YOUR ARM. But then the thieves broke in and they stick up his arm, got your family hostage, 4-50 a month, nodding your head - all it take is a click and you gone. You feeling my song? But too late - your Spirit is gone. So, AFRICAN, WE MUST STOP THIS CRAZINESS, AND STOP BLAMING THE WHITE MAN FOR OUR LAZINESS. BLOODS AND CRIPS GOT BEEF THAT'S MAJOR - SPORTING THE SAME COLOR HANDKERCHIEF AUNT JEMIMA WAS ROCKING WHEN MASTER RAPED HER! ...
*** I wish I could claim this eloquent, succinct and poignant look at the state of Black America - past, present and future - a bright future if we wake up to the LIGHT! But the FACT is, the above quote is the intellectual copyright of, Renaissance Speaker, Writer, Activist, Poet and Emcee, COREY RED. While this could easily take the form of one of his many motivational and inspirational speeches, this is, in FACT, a rap-song, entitled 'BLACK TEARS'. Believe me when I tell you, reading the lyrics is no-where as hard-hitting as hearing the actual song with it's simple, forceful beats and gut-wrenching 3-tier chorus and sound effects.
During Black History Month I like to take the small window of opportunity to refresh our memories of the State of Black America, the African Motherland and the Black Diaspora. Too often in the toil of our lives we miss the impact and severity of our collective history - not as some dark oppressive doom and gloom slavery and fight for civil rights against the white man story - but the OVERCOMING history of our forefathers that has allowed us the opportunities we have today to accept defeat OR to RISE above it. Yes, there is still a spiritual, physical, mental and emotional struggle that rages itself against the Black populus, but REALITY FACT: Like so many of our forefathers, WE CAN OVERCOME...the key to that victory over racism, over prejudice, over poverty, over dis-ease, over depression, over crime, over drugs, over fatherlessness, over what may come is CHRIST. For, just as many of our forefathers had to remind themselves in the face of the whip, the chains, the battons and the guns, "[WE] can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth [us]." (Phillipians 4:13)
If you haven't heard the Corey Red song, "Black Tears" you can check it out by downloading it from a FREE MIXTAPE here: http://www.coast2coastmixtapes.com/mixtapes/mixtapedetail.aspx/dj-i-rock-jesus-corey-red-illest-rhymez-u-neva-heard
If you are not familiar with Corey Red's music, I invite you to take a listen at a few of his releases:
1. Make It Happen - FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD - http://coreyred.bandcamp.com/
2. Crashin Da Party - http://www.thebus-shop.com/shop.cfm?prod=382
3. Resistance iz Futile - Corey Red & Precise: Resistance iz Futile- Corey Red & Precise - on amazon.com
4. Illest Rhymez U Neva Heard - FREE - http://www.coast2coastmixtapes.com/mixtapes/mixtapedetail.aspx/dj-i-rock-jesus-corey-red-illest-rhymez-u-neva-heard
5. I am Legend (album) & I'm Still Here (single) - FREE - http://coreyred.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-legend-2008
***To keep up with up-to-the-minute news on Corey Red, follow him on:***
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CoreyRed
also on:
Facebook: MUSIC PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/CoreyRedMusic
Tumblr: http://coreyred.tumblr.com/
Bandcamp: http://coreyred.bandcamp.com/ (FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD "Make It Happen")
Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/coreyred
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/therealcoreyred
If you would like to show support and help spread the word about the upcoming albums, you can add a Twibbon to your Twitter or Facebook profile: http://twibbon.com/join/CoreyRed-NEW-ALBUMS
Black History Month Lesson #1:
SUPPORT MUSIC THAT UPLIFTS THE BLACK COMMUNITY, NOT TEARS IT DOWN!
Fast forward 21st century - it's real. Mind your business in these streets - you still get killed. We spiritually blind so we can't see far. WE IDOLIZE SCARFACE AND BLASPHEME GOD. WE GLORIFY KILLING, BLACKS ILLING, CATS SPILLING, AS AMERICA MAKES MILLIONS OFF OF MISERY BLACKS FEELING. PSYCHOLOGICALLY DESTROYING THE PSYCHE OF BLACK CHILDREN - ALL WE GOT LEFT IS A NEXT GENERATION OF BLACK VILLIANS. The Church playing games as Lucifer snatch millions. These televangelists better actors than Matt Dillon. BLACK MEN, STOP ABANDONING WOMEN & BLACK CHILDREN. THERE'S A HOLE IN OUR SOUL ONLY CHRIST CAN FILL THAT LACK FILLING. But, nobody's feeling my song - coz ALL MY BROTHERS REALLY WANT IS MONEY AND A THICK CHICK WITH A THONG, HOUSE AND A CAR, MAD WEED, A SPLIFF AND A BONG, LIVE LIKE A DON, ICE AROUND YOUR WRIST AND YOUR ARM. But then the thieves broke in and they stick up his arm, got your family hostage, 4-50 a month, nodding your head - all it take is a click and you gone. You feeling my song? But too late - your Spirit is gone. So, AFRICAN, WE MUST STOP THIS CRAZINESS, AND STOP BLAMING THE WHITE MAN FOR OUR LAZINESS. BLOODS AND CRIPS GOT BEEF THAT'S MAJOR - SPORTING THE SAME COLOR HANDKERCHIEF AUNT JEMIMA WAS ROCKING WHEN MASTER RAPED HER! ...
BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK PEOPLE! WE GOTTA WAKE UP, WE GOTTA WAKE UP!"
*** I wish I could claim this eloquent, succinct and poignant look at the state of Black America - past, present and future - a bright future if we wake up to the LIGHT! But the FACT is, the above quote is the intellectual copyright of, Renaissance Speaker, Writer, Activist, Poet and Emcee, COREY RED. While this could easily take the form of one of his many motivational and inspirational speeches, this is, in FACT, a rap-song, entitled 'BLACK TEARS'. Believe me when I tell you, reading the lyrics is no-where as hard-hitting as hearing the actual song with it's simple, forceful beats and gut-wrenching 3-tier chorus and sound effects.
During Black History Month I like to take the small window of opportunity to refresh our memories of the State of Black America, the African Motherland and the Black Diaspora. Too often in the toil of our lives we miss the impact and severity of our collective history - not as some dark oppressive doom and gloom slavery and fight for civil rights against the white man story - but the OVERCOMING history of our forefathers that has allowed us the opportunities we have today to accept defeat OR to RISE above it. Yes, there is still a spiritual, physical, mental and emotional struggle that rages itself against the Black populus, but REALITY FACT: Like so many of our forefathers, WE CAN OVERCOME...the key to that victory over racism, over prejudice, over poverty, over dis-ease, over depression, over crime, over drugs, over fatherlessness, over what may come is CHRIST. For, just as many of our forefathers had to remind themselves in the face of the whip, the chains, the battons and the guns, "[WE] can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth [us]." (Phillipians 4:13)
RISE UP, BLACK PEOPLE! TAKE YOUR PLACE AMONG KINGS AND QUEENS!
BLOOD WAS SPILLED THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE - THE BLOOD OF OUR FOREFATHERS AND THE BLOOD OF CHRIST!
If you haven't heard the Corey Red song, "Black Tears" you can check it out by downloading it from a FREE MIXTAPE here: http://www.coast2coastmixtapes.com/mixtapes/mixtapedetail.aspx/dj-i-rock-jesus-corey-red-illest-rhymez-u-neva-heard
If you are not familiar with Corey Red's music, I invite you to take a listen at a few of his releases:
1. Make It Happen - FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD - http://coreyred.bandcamp.com/
2. Crashin Da Party - http://www.thebus-shop.com/shop.cfm?prod=382
3. Resistance iz Futile - Corey Red & Precise: Resistance iz Futile- Corey Red & Precise - on amazon.com
4. Illest Rhymez U Neva Heard - FREE - http://www.coast2coastmixtapes.com/mixtapes/mixtapedetail.aspx/dj-i-rock-jesus-corey-red-illest-rhymez-u-neva-heard
5. I am Legend (album) & I'm Still Here (single) - FREE - http://coreyred.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-legend-2008
***To keep up with up-to-the-minute news on Corey Red, follow him on:***
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CoreyRed
also on:
Facebook: MUSIC PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/CoreyRedMusic
Tumblr: http://coreyred.tumblr.com/
Bandcamp: http://coreyred.bandcamp.com/ (FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD "Make It Happen")
Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/coreyred
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/therealcoreyred
If you would like to show support and help spread the word about the upcoming albums, you can add a Twibbon to your Twitter or Facebook profile: http://twibbon.com/join/CoreyRed-NEW-ALBUMS
Black History Month Lesson #1:
SUPPORT MUSIC THAT UPLIFTS THE BLACK COMMUNITY, NOT TEARS IT DOWN!
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